Bad News From Hickok 45

July 18, 2024, 01:00 AM

I saw his video about being banned, but later saw videos of him
shooting an M1A scout. Utube is owned by Google right?

July 18, 2024, 01:06 AM

sigcrazy7

When I saw the thread title, I was worried you’d report that he has cancer. At least it’s not that.

July 18, 2024, 06:56 AM

mikeyspizza

Part of the liberal crowd's targeting of all things firearms-related, and will affect product reviews, how-tos, comparisons, etc.

July 18, 2024, 12:16 PM

rat2306

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
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Originally posted by Scooter123:
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Originally posted by rat2306:
They don't like their sponsor. Could he go free-lance?

Have you looked at the prices for ammunition or cameras lately. It is not at all cheap. In addition you have to consider the amount of work that goes into each video, editing the raw footage alone is probably 20 hours or more for each video.

Sponsors are what pays the bills.
To add another reason. Sponsorship is how they counteract demonitizing. A video will get put up for policy review via d-bag hitting button, YouTube moderator, and/or YouTube algorithm. While a video is being reviewed it doesn't get monetized. They get the majority of their views in the first few days so they lose most of their money when a video gets reviewed.

Counteracting demonitizing is why we see so many unrelated sponsors (e.g. gun channel having a privacy sponsor).

Thanks for explaining it to me, guys. He may be the largest platform on YouTube for firearms content. Can't help but wonder if others are next in line for whacking if Hickok 45 goes down or submits to their terms.

July 18, 2024, 12:27 PM

Paten

Does that mean that the YouTube channels of firearm related companies could be banned? In a sense they sponser their own channels.

July 18, 2024, 08:28 PM

kkina

Some better news today: they've been in comms with the Youtube powers that be, and with some changes should be able to move forward and still be in compliance with the new guidelines: